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Darling, Do You Really Want To Reject Me?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"I'll never know what made you run away, I only know there's nothing in this wide world, left for me to see." (The Brothers Four) "Love of my life don't leave me, Bring it back bring it back, Don't take it away from me, Because you don't know what it means to me" (Queen) "What have I got to do to make you love me?" (Elton John) Romantic Ideology describes the best case scenario of love that only very few people will ever experience-a passionate love that lasts forever. A more common experience in the romantic realm is that of separation, which is often interpreted as rejection. The essential role of love in our life, and o...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - October 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Philosophy Relationships best case scenario carpenters consolation contrary controllable desire Elton John existence heavenly haven hurt illusion intensity love love of my life painful situation passionate love personal Source Type: consumer

What Is The Value Of A Life?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I was once told that I shouldn't have kids, because the child could be born with Asperger's, like me. I answered with a question - "Would you have given the same advice to my parents?""Well," came the answer, "look at all the difficulties you've had, and the pain you've had to endure...surely you wouldn't wish that on a child." Well, it's true that living my life with Asperger's has often been difficult. Yes, I have dealt with my fair share of pain and rejection... In a perfect world I wouldn't want a child to go through the same issues. But I also had to wonder...is life just about avoiding p...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynne Soraya Tags: Autism Child Development Cognition Creativity Gender Happiness Health Memory Morality Neuroscience Parenting Personality Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Stress abstract concept asperger syn Source Type: consumer

Constraint propagation: A completely new take on soulsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's not true about the 21 grams. That was an error in measurement back in 1907 when Duncan McDougall claimed to have weighed a soul. There's no weight loss with death, which is fine with most people because we've long assumed the soul was a weightless, sizeless, timeless substance anyway. Still, weightless, size-less, timeless substances are scientific dead ends. If there's no way to detect a thing, then there's no way for science to get a grip on it. That's fine with most fans of the soul. Science should keep its hands off souls. But it's not OK with scientists. The dead end forces them to look for another ex...
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - November 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Sherman, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Philosophy Relationships 21 grams all sorts causality clunker consrtaint constraint constraint propagation degrees of freedom descartes evolution john polanyi life lock and key locks machi Source Type: consumer

Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Bipolar I Disorder With Catatonic Features [CASE REPORTS]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Given the especially high prevalence of NPSLE in pediatric patients with lupus, it is important for clinicians to recognize that neuropsychiatric symptoms in an adolescent patient may indeed be the initial manifestations of SLE, as opposed to a primary affective disorder. (Source: Psychosomatics)
Source: Psychosomatics - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alao, A. O., Chlebowski, S., Chung, C. Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders CASE REPORTS Source Type: journals

At-Risk College Students Reduce HBP, Anxiety, Depression Through Transcendental MeditationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. (Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today)
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news

Group psychoeducation increases time to recurrence in stabilised bipolar disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Evidence-Based Mental Health)
Source: Evidence-Based Mental Health - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miklowitz, D. J Tags: Clinical trials (epidemiology), Bipolar disorder, Depressive disorder, Epidemiology Therapeutics Source Type: journals

The Scent of SexEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Her nose decides whether he's gonna score! (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - October 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Herz, Ph.D. Tags: Social Life The Nose Knows Source Type: consumer

What Does it Mean to Say "We'll Adapt" to Big Cities and to Little Nature?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A reader posted the following response to an earlier discussion of mine [click here]. He said, "We can't turn back time, we need to adapt." But adaptation is many things. Sometimes when we adapt it's good for us - biologically and psychologically. And sometimes it's bad for us. I'd like to discuss different types of adaptation. This discussion forms part of the argument for smaller cities, fewer people, and bigger nature.One of the most common ways of understanding adaptation is in terms of genetic change through the process of natural selection. The basic idea here is that genes that lead to behaviors that enhance surviva...
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter H. Kahn, Jr., Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Cognition Depression Evolutionary Psychology Health Social Life Stress adaptation assimilation and accommodation degrees fahrenheit dictionary equilibration fever genes genetic change habit her Source Type: consumer

When Your Daughter Does the Hair-FlipEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I remember Hair Flips as seminal events. (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - October 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven Schlozman, MD Tags: Social Life The Nose Knows Source Type: consumer

Reaching rheumatologistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the current issue of the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, three articles originating from the United Kingdom, Japan, and Spain all speak the same language—and I am not referring to English. Their words call attention to mind–body unity using different methodologies and various clinical and psychosocial measures with two distinct conditions: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia (FM). Implicitly, they remind us to consider the whole person rather than particular body parts (e.g., joints) or systems (e.g., immune). They ask us to incorporate patients' perspectives, including what is “on their minds” such as...
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patricia L. Dobkin Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals

Plasticity changes in the brain in hypnosis and meditationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Neuroscientific evidence interprets both hypnotic trance induction and different meditation traditions as modified states of consciousness that emphasize attention, concentration and the letting go of thoughts, but they differ in terms of sensory input, processing, memory, and the sense of time. Furthermore, hypnosis is based on the suggestibility of a person and meditation on mindfulness; therefore it is not surprising to find differential brain plasticity changes. We analysed shared and non-shared neural substrates using electroencephalography (EEG), positron emission tomography (PET), and functional magnetic resonance i...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - October 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ulrike Halsband, Susanne Mueller, Thilo Hinterberger, Simon Strickner Source Type: journals

Flu Season AheadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Should I give my kid the swine flu vaccine? (Source: Psychology Today)
Source: Psychology Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rob Siegel, M.D. Tags: Health Autumn Source Type: consumer

Panic Attacks and Adrenaline RushesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Q: Hello, I hope you can help me answer this question. I have suffered from anxiety since I was 16. I had mononucleosis that was left untreated due to a mix-up at the Doctor’s office and 3 months after testing positive I had surgery for a possible malignant tumour on my collar bone. When all [...] (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - November 22, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: news

New Bipolar Blog by Fink and KraynakEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Psychiatrist Candida Fink and freelance author Joe Kraynak, co-authors of 'Bipolar Disorder for Dummies', have launched a new blog at Dr Fink's site. They share self-help tips, treatment strategies, and more. It's well worth a visit if you or someone you love has been affected by bipolar disorder. (Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features)
Source: CounsellingResource.com News and Features - May 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: news

What Distinguishes Weight-Loss Maintainers from the Treatment-Seeking Obese? Analysis of Environmental, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Variables in Diverse Populations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Obesity treatment should focus on increasing conscious control over eating, engaging in physical activity, and reducing disinhibition. Changes in the home environment may help facilitate these behavioral changes. PMID: 19847584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine)
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine - October 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Phelan S, Liu T, Gorin A, Lowe M, Hogan J, Fava J, Wing RR Tags: Ann Behav Med Source Type: journals

A Moment of Body "Thanksgiving"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week, I wrote about my struggle to help my 13-year-old daughter find a Halloween costume that was fun, but not too sexy. It was no easy task. But in the end, it was a non-issue: The kid never went trick or treating. Instead, she spent Halloween on the couch, with a fever and an awful case of the flu. It was a scary six days in our house. At 13 -- and sometimes, sadly, at 30 and 40 -- we're so busy thinking about all the ways our bodies don't measure up to whatever standard we hold in our heads as "perfect" that we sometimes fail to appreciate the simple pleasure and value of good health. Normally, I'm t...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dara Chadwick Tags: Parenting 12 year old girl absolute terror Body image case of the flu cocoa firm believer flu virus good health gratitude Halloween costume innocence knowledge is power little girl next morning sick child simple pleasure Source Type: consumer

Pathways between physical activity and quality of life in adults with multiple sclerosis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The observed pattern of relationships supports the possibility that physical activity is indirectly associated with improved QOL through pathways that include fatigue, pain, social support, and self-efficacy in individuals with MS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Health Psychology)
Source: Health Psychology - November 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Motl, Robert W.; McAuley, Edward Source Type: journals

The PANDAS subgroup of tic disorders and childhood-onset obsessive–compulsive disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Diagnosis and treatment of the PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections) variant of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) and childhood-onset obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) are still controversial issues. Most cross-sectional studies confirm a significant association between GTS and the development of an immune response against group A β-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS). Moreover, longitudinal retrospective studies suggest that a recent exposure to GABHS might be a risk factor for the onset of tics and obsessive–compulsive symptoms. However, further ...
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - November 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Davide Martino, Giovanni Defazio, Gavin Giovannoni Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Life Lessons From My FatherEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It may sound strange, but I've come to think of my life not so much in terms of my "in-the-hospital" Melissa and "normal-spunky-redhaired" Melissa, but in terms of life before my father's suicide and the life I've tried to create from the ruins left behind in his wake.That second girl - the one who lost her father at the tender age of 21? I like to think of her as Melissa 2.0. On the outside, it's still me - green eyes, dots of freckles running up and down my arms, the cute little smile. But the girl on the inside has morphed into a woman. She was born the day my father died.And yet, as angry as I was (an...
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa Blake Tags: Child Development Health Parenting Relationships Resilience Self-Help cool water daughter disability dots family family man father freckles green eyes gulf of mexico hands and feet life lessons little feet little smil Source Type: consumer

Chronic Illness in Non-heterosexual Contexts: An Online Survey of ExperiencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this article we contribute to the expansion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) health psychology beyond the confines of sexual health by examining the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual people living with non-HIV related chronic illness. Using a (predominantly) qualitative online survey, the perspectives of 190 LGB people with 52 different chronic illnesses from eight countries were collected. The five most commonly reported physical conditions were arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, asthma and chronic fatigue syndrome. Our analysis focuses on four themes within participants’ written co...
Source: Feminism - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jowett, A., Peel, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals